148 results for 'cat:"Settlements" AND cat:"Class Action"'.
J. Lipman grants customers’ unopposed motion for final approval of the proposed settlement in this case involving allegations that Family Dollar stores sold products “contaminated by a rodent infestation.” The proposed settlement was preliminarily approved, and the court now finds that notice to the class members was successful. The court will also deny without prejudice the customers’ motion for attorney fees, based on their failure to comply with certain local rules.
Court: USDC Western District of Tennessee , Judge: Lipman, Filed On: May 6, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv2138, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: settlements, Attorney Fees, class Action
J. Cogan dismisses an unpaid wages complaint against a company who had settled similar claims in a prior class action. The litigant, one of four class members in the class action, sought to challenge the settlement, claiming it was unfair and did not adequately represent his interests, but the court disagrees, finding he had ample opportunity to either raise objections or opt out of the settlement after notices were sent out to potential members.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Cogan, Filed On: May 1, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv5165, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: settlements, class Action, Labor
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J. Slaughter grants an employee's motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in a wage and hour suit. The adequacy of representation requirement is met, preliminary certification of the proposed settlement is proper, the settlement terms of the PAGA claim are fair, adequate, and reasonable and the proposed settlement meets notice requirements.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Slaughter, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 2:19cv7077, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, settlements, class Action
J. Humetewa partly grants a class of consumers' motion for final approval of a class action settlement for Fair Credit Reporting Act claims against a credit reporting agency. The class sufficiently showed in court that it is entitled to monetary recovery, but not an adjustment for a higher settlement for each class member, after prevailing on claims that the credit reporting agency "resold patently false consumer reports" that indicated that they were deceased.
Court: USDC Arizona, Judge: Humetewa, Filed On: April 12, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv2082, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Consumer Law, class Action
J. Dalton grants final approval to a class action settlement and certifies a settlement class in the consumer's suit alleging repeated telephone solicitations made to consumers on the national Do-Not-Call registry. The settlement, which affords $160 to each of the 32,738 putative class members who submits an approved claim, is fair, reasonable and adequate, the class representative and counsel have adequately represented the class and the settlement was negotiated at arm's length.
Court: USDC Middle District of Florida, Judge: Dalton, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 6:22cv1047, NOS: Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Privacy, class Action
J. Bashant grants final approval to a $7.5 million settlement in a securities class action against GW Pharmaceuticals. Although the settlement amount represents approximately 1% of the maximum potential damages estimated by the shareholder's expert, GW Pharmaceuticals persuasively argues "that the hypothetical $600 million recovery was a 'pie in the sky value'." Furthermore, the settlement amount is "very much in line" with settlements in other similar litigation.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Bashant, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1019, NOS: Securities/Commodities/Exchange - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Securities, class Action
J. McAuliffe approves, in part, a $3 million settlement of a worker’s class wage and labor claims against Amazon. The settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: McAuliffe, Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv1292, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: settlements, class Action
J. Friedman approves a $125 million settlement of class claims against the government for PACER fees it unlawfully used to fund non-PACER services. The settlement, which reimburses small-scale users for all fees and substantially reimburses large-scale users, is fair, reasonable and adequate.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Friedman, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 1:16cv745, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Tort, class Action
J. Ohta grants final approval to a $1.8 million settlement in a class action alleging that consumers purchased Apple App Store and iTunes gift cards that were fraudulently drained of value by unknown third-parties and were denied a refund or replacement gift card. An objector challenges the release of non-party retailers who sole Apple gift cards subject to fraudulent redemption as overly broad, but the release of non-party retailers is common practice in cases such as this and the "restrictive nature of the class limits released claims only to those who purchased gift cards subject to pre-activation attempts."
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Ohta, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 3:20cv1629, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, settlements, class Action
J. Aenlle-Rocha grants final approval of the settlement, bringing an end to the employees' class action accusing AT&T of not paying them all wages owed. AT&T agrees to pay a $75,500 net settlement, which is fair and adequate based on the strength of the employees' case and the extent of completed discovery.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Aenlle-Rocha, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 2:18cv8809, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, settlements, class Action
J. Battaglia grants a class of homeless residents' motion for preliminary approval of a settlement that will bring an end to their claims alleging that the City of San Diego breached their due process rights by forbidding "vehicle human habitation." Under the agreement, the city will forgive all outstanding tickets incurred by class members for parking oversized vehicles between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., and tickets for "violation of signs" prohibition vehicle habitation. The city also agrees to expand and improve its designated parking program.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Battaglia, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 3:17cv2324, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Municipal Law, settlements, class Action
J. grants final approval to a $45 million settlement between consumers and Altria Group in a class action over the marketing and sales of JUUL products, which consist of electronic cigarettes and nicotine packs, to minors. This settlement follows a settlement with JUUL Labs for $255 million. Although attorney fees have not yet been decided, “the amounts requested do not undermine the court’s conclusions that the Altria class settlement is as a whole fair and reasonable.”
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Orrick, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 3:19md2913, NOS: Personal Injury - Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: settlements, Product Liability, class Action